Facebook yesterday officially announced that over the "next few weeks" it will roll out Timeline to all users.
This means Timeline, the reverse-chronological display of a user's
history on Facebook and other life events, which replaces and combines a
user's Facebook Wall and Profile, will become non-optional.
No specific date was given, and the language used ("roll out") suggests
that the change won't occur on one single date for all users, but that
batches of users will be transitioned on different dates.
Before Timeline strikes your Facebook account, there are a number of key things to know about the feature.
Basically, until recently, users were able to opt-in to Timeline; now
they will be automatically switched over. When you get Timeline,
however, you'll have a seven-day preview period, during which you can delete the content that is on your profile and hide what you don't want displayed."

From the time you receive notification that you'll be getting
Timeline, whether you want it or not, you have seven days—or until you
hit "publish," whichever comes first—to check it out privately, before
anyone else can see it. You can also jump the queue and turn Timeline on
now (see "How to Get Timeline"), but do note that once you turn it on, you can't turn it off.
I turned on Timeline early, back in September, to learn as much as I
could about it and put together some answers and tips for people when
Timeline became non-optional. Here's a summary of what I've learned. You
can also take a tour of Timeline in the slideshow, in case you want to
get a closer look at some of the editing option and other buttons
without turning it on.Q: What is Facebook Timeline? A: Timeline is a
section of a Facebook user's account that replaces the Profile and Wall
pages, and merges them together. It shows the story of your life, as you
choose to tell it or as Facebook has recorded it, in a visual,
scrolling, reverse-chronologically ordered timeline. It's a cross
between visual blog and online scrapbook. Fun fact: Facebook Timeline
was accidentally released very briefly to the public back in December
2010 when it was called "Facebook Memories," but it was promptly
removed.Q: How can I get Facebook Timeline? A: Go to the
Facebook Timeline announcement page and look at the bottom of the page
for a green button that says "Get Timeline." If you press this button,
there is no undo! And if you don't take this step, Facebook will
automatically turn on your Timeline within the next few weeks.Q: What appears on my Timeline? A: Status
updates, photos, friendships made, as well as job history, marital
status changes, and other information that you've recorded in your
profile.Q: Is the Timeline replacing my Facebook wall?
A: Yes. Timeline replaces your Profile and Wall. But it does not change
your news feed page. When you log into Facebook and go to Facebook.com,
that feed page of Recent Stories will still be the same. But, when you
or visitors go to your unique Facebook URL, such as facebook.com/jillduffyNYC, they'll be able to see your Timeline instead of your old profile information and wall.

Q: I'm worry about privacy! Who can see my Facebook Timeline?Q: How do I edit what appears on Timeline and who can see it?
Every Timeline entry has two icons for editing: a pen icon in the upper
right corner where you can hide or delete the object, and a cog or
silhouette (depending on the type of object) found next to the time or
date of the activity, that lets you adjust who can see the activity. See
the image above for an example. Additional images in the slideshow
illustrate these two editing principles in more detail.Q: Can I restrict which people who can see certain pieces of information, photos, and other details of my Timeline?
A: Yes! In the same way that you can manage who can see a status update
or photo, you can limit who sees all the entries of your Timeline. Each
entry has a drop-down menu next to it that lets you filter who can see
the item.Q: Can I delete status updates, images, and other content from my Timeline? A: Yes! Deleting is an option. Just click that pen icon to edit, and you'll see "delete."Q: When will I be forced to have Timeline? A: If
you don't have Timeline yet, you will be forced to have it "in the next
few weeks," according to Facebook. The company has not given any more
specific information. And from the day you get Timeline, you have seven
days to see it privately before other users can see it.Q: It sounds like you've used Facebook Timeline a lot. How is it?
A: I must admit that I liked playing with it a lot more than I liked
filling in standard profile information. I set up Timeline on a Facebook
account that doesn't have too much data in it, so it didn't feel
overwhelming, but I could see how an active Facebook user would feel
totally bowled over the first time he or she opened the Timeline. If you
have thousands of status updates and photos on Facebook, you could be
in for a very busy seven days between the time you are forced to have
Timeline and the day it goes live for all to see.
You will want to use those seven days to tease your Timeline into
shape, adding the permissions you want, deleting or marking private
images you don't want everyone to see, and so forth.
But remember, by and large, this is a one-time setup process. After
the one-time setup, new Timeline entries will come from your Facebook
activity, and you'll be adding permissions and making other adjustments
as you go. In other words, you have the tools to edit who can see what
every time you put something on Facebook, and those permissions carry
over onto Timeline. But, in the earlier days of Facebook, no one had
those permission settings, so all old materials is public to all by
default.
Other parts of Timeline that I like: that you can add life events,
either current or back-dated. Some of the life events are pre-set in
Facebook, like getting a new job and buying a home, but you can also
create a custom life event or milestone.
Back-dating entries is great for photos. Say you post an old photo
from 10 years ago. You can add the year 2002 so it shows up on Timeline
with some sense of chronology and context.
You can back-date entries on your timeline with a nice calendar that
lets you quickly jump to a year in the past, and optionally, you can add
a month. If you want to add a memory from your childhood or back-date
photos from your past, it's pretty easy to do so.Q: What are some of the cons to Facebook Timeline?
A: The biggest cons: It's mandatory, or non-optional. You have only
seven days from the date you're forced to have Timeline to when it is
visible to all to review what's on it.
A minor con is that the dimensions for display images are
unconventional, and I found that I didn't like how most of my images
looked when I uploaded them without manipulating their size and
dimensions. You can drag an image around the viewer space, but you can't
crop or resize from directly within Facebook. (I'm taking bets now on
how soon Facebook will build an image editor, or acquire a company that
already makes one.)Q: What is Timeline Apps integration?Timeline Apps integration
lets you post to Facebook Timeline the activities that you do in other
apps. There are about 80 apps supported right now. For example, if you
allow the Web site Pinterest
permission to post to your Timeline (and yes, you have to turn it on;
it's off by default), Pinterest will create a little box on your
Timeline where it shows your Pinterest activity. Another example: You
can set up the Wall Street Journal online to post to Timeline
when you have read an article. Or you have have Spotify post to Timeline
when you listen to a song. It's basically the same as apps activity in
the Facebook Ticker, but on your Timeline.
For more, see Facebook Timeline Apps: Should You Use Them?

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